Etymograph

English

stipule

Stipule comes from Latin stipula ‘stalk (of hay), straw’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *steyp-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyp-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stips‘stalk’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*stipelā‘smaller stalk, reed’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstipula‘stalk (of hay), straw’
  5. Englishtodaystipule

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steyp-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stips‘stalk’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*stipelā‘smaller stalk, reed’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstipula‘stalk (of hay), straw’
  5. Englishtodaystipule

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steyp-

stiff, stipend, 8 more

through Latin stipula ‘stalk (of hay), straw’

stubble, 4 more

Today it means

noun A basal appendage of a typical leaf of a flowering plant, usually appearing paired beside the petiole although sometimes absent or highly modified.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steyp- / stipule

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